thanks Vas , i do love a relaxing Sunday morning unboxing video , very informative and easy listening

Nice unboxing, looks like the truck has some potential, looking forward to seeing it in action!

Great job 👍. I can wait to see it run.👏👍

Awesome been waiting for this moment thanks Vas!

Great overview Vas. I love the Savage line of truck. I had a original release Savage X back a long time ago early 00’s. It was my first nitro. I’ve had the Savage xs flux (mini savage) and a Savage XL since. I sold them. But I want this truck. I hope it does it well. It looks well built like any savage. And the 17mm hex and hex hardware is a welcome additions. Can’t wait to get my hands on one. And can’t wait to see you run this one

Great Review Vas…I was waiting excited for this video!! That’s a really nice truck, I’m thinking about getting the Savage X or a V5 Kraton!!

Looks alright thanks for the review 👍

On my Savage I lowered the body a bit and put a foam block over the center handle thingy. It sits under the body and keeps everything stiff when it flips over. Great unboxing, I 100% agree with your wishlist, I know hpi is slowly making a return right now, so I hope they use the money they earned from the latest savage releases to improve and meet with the current industry standards.

Fun fact, before Jason worked for Team Durango he was working for hpi, and played a key role in the designing of the Savage. I wouldn't be surprised if they designed the Nero with the intention of surpassing the OG monster trucks of the early 2000s, the Savage and the Revo.

Nice unboxing, we tested and for us it is a good fun truck for bashing. Good job!

It looks like the shock travel is long and I like the shock spacers ,it's definitely something I'd consider. Thanks Vas. Dom from Bathurst

Very cool but i just cant get over the price for what it offers. $765 for plastic shocks, no center diff, budget esc, very old remote design, etc

Savage is a legendary monster truck in hpi and that is why is my favorite rc truck! I don't need the flux because I own the older nitro version but I might get the wheels and tires for it because I like the way how they look.

That enclosed chassis is fantastic, love the design of it. Not to fussed about shell strength as I can pick up an after market one, they never last long bashing them anyway. Great work HPI

To be perfectly honest, aluminum threaded body shock adjusters tend to lock up while bashing because dirt gets into the threads. The preload clips are certainly dated and look cheap, but alteast they can be removed and added quickly when the truck is all dirty. Great review Vas!

Cool to see a new Savage. I hope HPI builds itself back up.

Nice review as usual

I own hpi, Traxxas, arrma , I'm 45 years old and my favorite is my savage xl 5.9. I'm looking forward to a xl version updated. Nice video. I always have liked the savage line, you do not have to completely rebuild it to bash the $$$$ out of it. Minimal upgrades are needed

Great overview👍👍 That Wish List is spot on. The only thing I would add and not sure if that was addressed on this one was not only did it have a slipper clutch but it was locked too. One landing on throttle and the transmission gears were done. Can't wait to see you put this through it's paces and hear your after run thoughts on this.

Vas, its a miracle and a plus for you, finally, an rtr without the sliding switch

I must admit, that truck is looking very sexy. I hope it runs as good as it looks. I also would want to see those upgrades in your wish list you mentioned. Plastic shocks, in 2021? Not good, but I'll cut hpi some slack since they are attempting to make a comeback. Great unboxing, Vas.

Great unboxing Vas. Appreciate the honesty. I’m in the market for one more big purchase and I’ve been strongly consider this or a Team Magic E6. Sadly getting a TM in Canada is brutal. So I was considering the new Savage. My issue is that the truck is very expensive compared to every other brand, and I don’t feel HPI is that relevant in RC anymore. I’m surprised that they are not pricing the Savage more competitive, instead of charging a premium for a truck that really doesn’t look like they made any improvements too.

Amazing unboxing video 👍 i really wish hpi could introduce a 1/5th scale version of the savage flux

How cool to see a reboot of a classic rc. I wonder how the tvp holds up to a flat chassis.

I'm happy to see all of the improvements to the savage. I agree that the shocks should be upgraded to today's 8th scale standards. The battery trays are Awesome! I'm certainvthat this truck will be fantastic. I still have my Savage Xl Flux with has a center diff among ton of other upgrades. Its a keeper for certain. Excellent unboxing. Very informative. Thank you kindly.

Aluminum shocks and a center diff would be a good start. Plus what you mentioned bud 👍

Happy hpi is back, raced the savage in late 90's to 2004, have 8. All nitro but converting 2 savage 25 to electric. Its dressed up old stock chassis, best thing to do is go back too dual shock setup. Very tunable for racing and much better for bashing. Price ehh little high.

Aluminium shocks are probably an option part ☺️

Say it ain’t so Vas!!! This is incredible to see you working with HPI. They must have made a good product because anyone sending you a product knows your going to speak the truth. 👏

Mmmm many years ago owning an HPI Savage was a goal. But as time has passed so many others have stepped up and the quality and quantity has increased a huge amount. $1,100 gets you a lot of RTR RC. The price was justified back in the day. Today not convinced this is money well spent. I'd have to find someone with one and have a drive before I could take the faith in the brand alone. Wish HPI well and hope they remain but it's a new world of RC and HPI need to address this.

I was looking forward to this release. But I am a little disappointed. New ESC placement / battery boxes are a good design change, also use of hex screws. But still using a slipper clutch! No center diff! I still see very much the same Savage Flux with the same maintenance and accessibility problems as before. I was hoping for more. It would be interesting to see if there are any changes to the gear box? If they are still using that cheese metal that grinds in metal dust. Looking forward to seeing more long term usage reviews. But at this point my money might have to be spent on an Outcast.

I’m sure HPI would love to implement all those improvements to their lineup that you listed and more. They are still in the process of rebuilding their brand after bankruptcy they’re probably not even turning a profit yet. Once local hobby shops in America and Europe start selling their products again they’ll be able to afford to put more money into there rtr lineups. For example my jail be racing cheetah stunt truggy and my Redcat MT both come rtr with aluminum chassis aluminum big bore threaded shocks aluminum shock towers. 3s lipos and Charger. I use a 9 yr old hpi tf20u original savage flux transmitter and receiver on 1 of my traxxas cars 😂 I’ve got faith Hpi will do better!

Esc isnt a max8. Its a rebadged wp8bl150 with an upgraded switch. It's not a bad ESC but definitely a step down from the max 8

Long time savage fanboy here haha, believe me the bumper design couldn’t do it’s job better, well done overview 👌 agree with the taller roll bar needed, I am just glad it does have one it does indeed help a little, with the savage xl flux which doesn’t have one the body flexes in on roof and causes it it split in the bottom, the shocks are pretty substantial but it’s the bore that bothers me all 1/8 vehicles comes with 16mm 4mm shaft this is only 14mm 3.5 shaft It will satisfy many but when you want to send it like you did your Mojave that’s the only thing holding it back is the shock shaft, I just switched to the lst shocks but Hpi needs an actual upgrade, hope you can show the potential of this thing, being a long time fanboy I’d say I’m more disappointed than most as it still doesn’t have the essentials like the center diff and aluminum rear hubs to remove the turnbuckle design but the potential is still there, I hope ya have fun with it 👍

As a cheap little fix for the body clips.. the small zip ties attached to each clip giving a little pull tab with the zip ties..

Savage is a old G . i. M glad i bought mine way back savage x. 4.6. I convert to electric. With max5 2200kv. Shes a beast.

Your videos have become more professional. Great work Vas!

Quick questions Vas… I ordered two of those Blackzon Slyders you had on the other channel. Could you cover upgrades going to brushless and optional parts for those? Maybe get one on this channel. Pretty sure it’s a tough truck after watching the Haiboxing videos and goes well with the HPI content lately. Cheap truck hoping it is good for the kids…

I don't own any type of rc vehicle; but hopefully real soon... I like the truck u hav here.. Also I like the HPI BULLET MT FLUX.. My thing is it wld b nice to hav sum headlights , taillights ,& fog lights... The black rims are cool but I think it wld b nice to hav custom rims ( orange center with black lips wld b AWESOME in my opinion & etc.etc. for other colors )

Myself I was hoping for alot more revision on some of the savages issues, don't get me wrong I'm a big fan of the savage line up, I still have a savage 25 and and a 2017 savage flux xl, I would like to of seen the slipper clutch get ditched in favour of a centre diff and threaded shocks, even plastic ones would of been OK, but I do actually like the clips for their convenience, the issue you pointed out with the bumper supports has an easy work around by putting a zip tie around them to stop them spreading OR a proper fix is to replace them with bumper supports from a savage 21 or 25 (they actually ruined them in subsequent models?!? Go figure ). The true 17mm wheel hex setup out of the box, is something savage fans have been crying out for for years. As I said before I am a big fan of the savage and the issues this truck has are just design choice flaws that don't necessarily make it a bad truck its just it could of been that little bit better and elevated against its competition from arrma and traxxas on what it has under the hood, hpi could probably benefit from listening to feedback from owners and what they'd like to see, it's good but a missed opportunity in my opinion

I put the Max 8 g2 in mine ...well almost ... having issues mounting esc cause it has the sensor wire

Hoping you can help. I bought this exact RC truck early 2022 and out of the box it was amazing the first run inside of a few minutes. Then I noticed it slowed down drastically and I brought it in and smelled some bad burning smell. I haven't had a lot of time to deal with it or tinker on as I have had to move and bought a house so I packed it up after I had already cooresponded with customer service HobbyRec or something like that and they are in Utah. 10 months later and I have a little time and their customer service is pretty good and still honored the warranty return of the motor which was their initial best guest. Replaced the motor and truck is still slow - will max at approximately 10 mph. So I wrote them and now they sent me a new ESC (both motor and ESC exact same as stock set) So I thought for sure after getting a new ESC and a new motor this brand new never run (except for that initial run 10 months ago) would now be fixed. Nope it still only goes 10 mph. And I ran it for only a couple of min this time too. My battery set p is the recommended just as the stock ESC already has two deans that connect making the two 3S batteries the same as runnng one 6S with 5000 mAh. What else do you think the problem could be??? I will say if I put my nose up close the middle between the ESC and motor smells (somewhere where that black cover with 4 screws is that would be somewhat over the motor's pinion gear. Is that what is causing it not to pick up speed? Why is it overheated in that region and it has a burnt smell to it? Sorry I don't want to call that part anything here because I'm not sure what it's called. Thanks.

I've still got my savage flux HP and my savage 4.6😎

Good morning I was wondering where can I buy are find parts for the hpi blizze

Just wish they made a 1/5 kit version of this that supports some big block motors and shit! :)

1/5 Baja all metal shocks work good on here

I guess with the lockdowns ending everywhere and you are no doubt busting to take this to the bmx track we will be keen to see how this 6S truck handles. Specifically compared to the Hyper MT plus II which has a centre diff unlike this Savage which has a slipper. Will this mean less front tyre ballooning/wear? We really are spoilt for choice with the Kyosho USA1 being solid axel and also available in electric / nitro. Very keen to hear your thoughts about each truck after you drive them all. And which one brings you the biggest smile. Ciao

I think its max 8 cause 8bl using a sliding switch/3 wires. And rear squat are good for traction Imho.

Keep you a small set of needle nose pliers that are knurled on the tips to remove the body pins and reinstall them. I've been doing this very process ever since I entered R/C about 5 years ago. The pair I use I believe I picked up in Advance Auto Parts in a cheap tool bin they had for maybe $3 and they fit in any pocket without discomfort so body pins should never be criticized. Change them to your liking or do something like what I just suggested

This video will do really well Savage is an Ace Truck

I actually designed and make a 3D printed TPU brace for the front rear bumpers. I sell them on eBay. They really do help a lot too reinforce the bumper.

Any aftermarket body ideas?

Different and new look for the savage, just wondering how well those tires will hook up. Other than that me likeeee

Good assessment. Has your buddy ran the Kyosho nitro truck yet?

Thanks for that. Good video. But please show more from the new things. Show the hex from the rims and the new hex hub and the explosion plan from the manual for a look at the inside. Special gearing and diff. That will be nice. I looked your driving video too. Can it not standing backflip? Like flux hd? I think hpi needs castle creations again. It would be nice to have this power team together again. There should be an monster x inside to show the other Brand s what a real basher is. But the badest thing is, again no wheeliebar out of the box. And i don’t like the new handle bar. With the x inside of it, you can’t carry the car with it. Don’t change the good things on the old car, change the bad things. But the battery boxes looks nice and stable. Hpi, please start to try to rule Offroad again! Make the savage and xl finally so perfect like the vorza. Renew the A720 Shocks with threat nutz for the springs and put it on it. Listen to the community! Make the savage xl without battery boxes like the Alza racing 2017 savage. But make it better than them, with the battery deeper for better lcg. And a version with and without center differential. We don’t need a new body for a car. Thats prolines job 😉😂. We need fixed problems. We wanne rule again. Make hpi great again 😉 Savage first 😊 and we want the trophy truggy back and Parts vor all the old Cars. Make us lucky hpi Please

Hi Aussie RC! If for you is possible I would like to know the weight of this X Flux V2, I ask you this because on the internet I have not found anything Thank you for your availability and sorry for the disturb Have a good day!

Beautiful and original, I'm so glad they're still in the game and bringing out quality products that'll keep every other company on their toes.

Fantastic monster can you give me a link where is possibile buy?thanks a lot and compliment, nice video

I agree completely with this video, and Ive come up with a good conclusion for it: Not worth it. When I first saw the teaser that HPI was finally coming back I was super stoked, and then I saw the price and just kinda stopped and went "what the hell?" Maybe they are trying to make some cash off the nostalgia from the old days when the original Savage Flux HP was the king of the bashing community over a decade ago. Maybe they don't have a choice. HPI hasn't changed ownership so many times for just no reason, they have been bankrupt more times than I can count and this might be one final desperate attempt to get back into the game. Its honestly tragic to watch such a great company go through such hardship but until the price comes down a significant amount, the answer is no, I wouldn't buy it. If it ever matches the price of the Traxxas E-Revo 2.0 ($650USD), then maybe, and if it matches the price of the Arrma Kraton 6S V5 ($600USD), then I would probably pick one up, but at about the $770 it is now, not a chance, especially with plastic shocks, just an absolute ripoff. HPI thinks they can just suck money out of nostalgic fanboys and they are going to find out the hard way that such a strategy is NOT how you do good business.

It looks like a good truck. For whatever reason that body looks super fragile. The square edges and lack of support don't seem great. I'm guessing the body will split at the corners with some light bashing. Maybe they'll come out with a better body to fix this?

Just by looking at those shocks I think they're gonna bend

What colour is dotted on those springs? they look way softer than both of my older Savages do, wonder if they changed out the spring rates

Dated or Classic depending on your POV.

Most of your improvement you want can be done by mixing some of the nitro part like the bumpers nitro model on to this and there is a wheelie bar for the nitro model they also have the shocks available in aluminum body's how ever diagnosed it should of just used the nitro part but at the same time didn't think it was need on electric and tryed to cut costs you can build it to your specifications night influence hpi to do the same 👍👌✌️💯🏎️🍻🛠️

It is a rebranded hobbywing, unfortunately no more castle they are my favorite but hpi is definitely not being nostalgic that's for sure I definitely do understand they can't really use castle esc's considering how expensive they are getting but definitely good review!

Are we seeing the return of hpi here?!

If the transmission is anything like the flux, you'll end up destroying the idler gear inside, and the slipper clutch is going to just glaze over and you'll have to lock it out

It’s a shame they didn’t put a centre diff in it. Looks really nice tho

great truck But the wheels and rims very very bad not like old one was beautiful in everything Even look it to the new one about his bumpers its same thing where is the lights that was coming on the front bumper like be4? well amazing video dude cheers.🍺

Wasn’t the Schumacher rascal sold as a stunt truck back in the late 80’s early 90’s

Ez run max 8 nothing knew there

It's a nice refresh from HPI. However, a slipper clutch on a 6s vehicle in 2021.... Come on! 🤣

Would think they would have done something better with the roll bar... that's going to punch right through the body.

Oh so the competition is back for traxxas vs hpi RPm parts eating contest. Hopefully it wont have any crazy weak points

Would love to add this to my Savage x that I converted over to an XL. Nitro of course with an LRP 32 in it. But, this is a disappointment knowing what they're capable of when building an RC. If the prices dropped a little bit, I'd MAYBE consider it. But, until then it's a pass.

Are you a traxxas fan boy because all I see is traxxas cars in your channel, you should review Arrmas, hpis, redcat, tekno and team magic as well 😳😉

I love what they've done here, but I'm a little disappointed at all the cut corners. Yes you can mod it if your going to buy it but hmmm. I have always thought that you can judge the overall quality of an rc by the quality of the shocks......

I love the deans connectors😂 best connectors I’ve had luck with just my opinion I know everyone else likes different things

HPI cheaped out with a lot of things, but the car cost more now.

Hpi...long in the tooth🤟

mate everyone has there own 3d printer now..... we just make all these wishlist stuff ourselves

im the bloke that spoke to you on the phone and said i feel like im speaking to a celebrity and my hart is racing..... anyway..... i got 17 3d printers in my work shop. if you need me to make anything for you i can model it up and 3d print it for you.... let me know

Nice review but @ $770 US cost Ouch

I wanted this truck to be good sooo bad, but I'm just not that impressed for the price point.

When hpi teased this truck I was super excited for it. Then I saw how much it was and got a little less excited. Now that it’s out it’s kind of sad how expensive it is versus how much of the truck didn’t change versus the older ones. I’d still like one but I’m not sure I can justify the price. Considering it as a stunt truck and what it’s closest competitor costs. I really want hpi to survive. But the pricing seems a little steep for some of that older tech

For the price point on this truck you should see a center diff not a slipper and threaded shocks not spring spacers. HPI pretty much took there old Savage flux and tossed it in this one. For the money you’ll spend on this there are better options. That said I’m not dumping on HPI I’ve owned a few I’m just saying they need to step up their game a little bit.

Also we want lights if front and rear bumps at least.

Aww man. I was hoping for running vid🤦🏽‍♂️.

Looks like everything is going to over heat with all that plastic blocking the air flow

Have the nitro version. Me along with others are disappointed with many of the issues experienced. Stay away.

Sadly HPI just doesn't have the resources or money to do a proper redesign. Same thin shock shafts that bend, same crappy bumpers, and that horrible rear toe-in link that always would break.

I thought HPI was out of business

Sorry not for me, it's the same old thing, lol

Slipper clutch??? That’s an easy pass for me. The shocks don’t even look like they need to be anywhere near an 1/8 MT.. maybe the running video will change my mind..

Looks like a cheap Arrma 🤔

769 US dollars no way in hell!!!! Looks way cheap plastic almost everything including shocks no way!!! HPI has been out of the hame for a long time they need to step back and look to see what’s in the market and really try to get in where they fit in. Not trying to be negative but that price for that just really has no place in today’s market. This looks more like something that would come from Banggood……….

They missed the mark, to much old tech for me for the money.

Looks terrible! Bad tyres , cheap body , old radio , no new tech made by an old outdated brand